Douglas Bruce, in the news again

A Colorado Springs Gazette story that links Douglas Bruce with three controversial ballot measures he has tried to distance himself from comes as no surprise.

The first proposal, filed with the legislature exactly one year ago, would drastically cut taxes and fees paid by Coloradans on everything from car registrations to telephone bills.

The day it was filed, the legislature’s non-partisan economic staff was asked what kind of impact it would have if it passed. After glancing at the proposed ballot measure for only a few seconds, a staff member produced a thick document.

How was that possible? It turned out the ballot measure was nearly identical to a bill Bruce proposed the year before when the anti-tax advocate served in the legislature. The staff had done an analysis of the Bruce proposal.

Still, Bruce has repeatedly said he has no link to the measures despite a The Denver Post report last September:

Websites put up by proponents for all three measures appear to
share a similar design template that looks like the one Bruce uses
for his websites. Meanwhile, publicly available information show
the Internet domains for the three sites were registered by the
same Colorado Springs company Bruce used to register his sites, and all of the sites are running on the same server that Bruce’s sites use.

The Gazette reported this week that eight people who gathered thousands of signatures to get the three measures on the November ballot lived in an apartment house owned by Bruce in Colorado Springs.

Doug Bruce fingerprints are all over paying to gather signatures…http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/11396/busssst…He knows his face is a liability, He knows his initiatives are bunk… Yet he cannot help himself. SO he attempts to hide his crimes in regard to manipulating the system.

Doug Bruce fingerprints are all over paying to gather signatures…http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/11396/busssst…He knows his face is a liability, He knows his initiatives are bunk… Yet he cannot help himself. SO he attempts to hide his crimes in regard to manipulating the system.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.